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Josh Leivo from the Canucks, Denis Malgin or Jayce Hawryluk from the Panthers, Stefan Noesen from the Devils (who did well against the Hurricanes two years ago, with 3 goals in 4 games against us), Oskar Sundqvist from the Stanley Cup winning Blues, Pontus Aberg from the Wild, Joel Armia from the Canadiens, or Colton Sissons from the Predators. In my opinion, Sissons, Noesen, or Sundqvist are the best options for the Canes

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Josh Leivo from the Canucks, Denis Malgin or Jayce Hawryluk from the Panthers, Stefan Noesen from the Devils (who did well against the Hurricanes two years ago, with 3 goals in 4 games against us), Oskar Sundqvist from the Stanley Cup winning Blues, Pontus Aberg from the Wild, Joel Armia from the Canadiens, or Colton Sissons from the Predators. In my opinion, Sissons, Noesen, or Sundqvist are the best options for the Canes

I'm not thinking a trade between us and the Canadiens is very likely for awhile...

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I'm not thinking a trade between us and the Canadiens is very likely for awhile...

You may be taking this too seriously. The Canadiens made Aho an offer, completely within the boundaries of the CBA. If you are at a job and a competitor makes you an offer, that in turn you bring to your boss as leverage for him/her to match or beat, do you think your coworkers go around thinking the competitor is lame, or not worthy doing business with? Of course not. The offer will probably hurt the Canadiens more than the Canes, as their resources to sign other available FA's is tied up for a week.

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I think we need to acquire at least 2 right-handed forwards through free agency. Some examples are Denis Malgin/Jayce Hawryluk from the Panthers, Joel Armia from the Canadiens (who Aho might go to😰), Colton Sissons from the Predators, Pontus Aberg from the Wild, Stefan Noesen from the Devils (who did well against the Hurricanes 2 seasons ago, with 3 goals in 4 games as a 4th line player), Josh Leivo from the Canucks, and Oskar Sundqvist from the Stanley Cup winning Blues.

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We definitely do not have everything we need; we can’t win a Stanley Cup with only left-handed forwards. That’s just not going to happen. Usually teams don’t even have a line that has all 3 of the same hand. We need to get someone else who is pretty young, can kill penalties, can score, and has playoff experience. Sissons and Sundqvist fill up all of that, and that is what we’re missing

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We definitely do not have everything we need; we can’t win a Stanley Cup with only left-handed forwards. That’s just not going to happen. Usually teams don’t even have a line that has all 3 of the same hand. We need to get someone else who is pretty young, can kill penalties, can score, and has playoff experience. Sissons and Sundqvist fill up all of that, and that is what we’re missing

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You may be taking this too seriously. The Canadiens made Aho an offer, completely within the boundaries of the CBA. If you are at a job and a competitor makes you an offer, that in turn you bring to your boss as leverage for him/her to match or beat, do you think your coworkers go around thinking the competitor is lame, or not worthy doing business with? Of course not. The offer will probably hurt the Canadiens more than the Canes, as their resources to sign other available FA's is tied up for a week.

I agree. They're all professionals and I'm sure DW respects the move MB made. The fact that we matched so quickly instead of lolly-gagging suggests that DW still has some respect for his fellow GMs and isn't going to be petty about this. It would only sour future relationships. So good on DW + TD for the quick response.

I also like that our front office is showing some teeth. I don't know anything about TD but it's very likely he's no pushover. Perhaps in private, he's scrambling right now with his lawyers and accountants to try and come up with the money to pay Seabass within the next little bit. But at least he's putting on a tough public face.

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We definitely do not have everything we need; we can’t win a Stanley Cup with only left-handed forwards. That’s just not going to happen. Usually teams don’t even have a line that has all 3 of the same hand. We need to get someone else who is pretty young, can kill penalties, can score, and has playoff experience. Sissons and Sundqvist fill up all of that, and that is what we’re missing

I have been harping on the lack of RH shooting forwards for about a year now. They do have Necas and Gauthier, who will compete for roster positions. I am not sure if Geekie is RH or LH. They traded away Nicholas Roy, who was RH. If JW comes back he is RH. I do agree that at least two RH shooting forwards should be a minimum.

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I hate to go back to the Marleau issue but I am bored and the news in the hockey world is kind of slow right now. I just noticed on CapFriendly that our cap hit for Marleau in 2019/2020 is $6,250,000. I always thought that when a buyout occurs that you take it out over a few years. In the case of that russian dude that I am not supposed to name we are still paying him $2,333,333 through 2020/2021 season. So....the cap hit for Marleau is really bafflng to me as to why we made this move to begin with. That is a lot of money for a 1st round pick and if history proves anything not all 1st round picks are successful. Hopefully Toronto will slip us some money under the table because they feel bad for ripping us off. O.K. - I am not bored anymore. Go Canes !!

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I hate to go back to the Marleau issue but I am bored and the news in the hockey world is kind of slow right now. I just noticed on CapFriendly that our cap hit for Marleau in 2019/2020 is $6,250,000. I always thought that when a buyout occurs that you take it out over a few years. In the case of that russian dude that I am not supposed to name we are still paying him $2,333,333 through 2020/2021 season. So....the cap hit for Marleau is really bafflng to me as to why we made this move to begin with. That is a lot of money for a 1st round pick and if history proves anything not all 1st round picks are successful. Hopefully Toronto will slip us some money under the table because they feel bad for ripping us off. O.K. - I am not bored anymore. Go Canes !!

No cap relief when buying out a 35yo plus player. Marleau had a NTC and it's almost certain he wouldn't have agreed to waive it unless he had prior agreement from the Canes that they'd buy him out.

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What does the “no cap relief” mean exactly? I heard some people on NHL Tonight talking about it. The Canes received Marleau, a 1st round pick, and a 7th round pick for a 6th round pick. Toronto knew they would’ve had to give up more for the Canes to take over his salary. I am still kind of confused on how we’re actually “buying him out” since he’s over 35

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LakeLivin - So did Carolina pay Marleau $6.25M probably knowing we were just going to move him along? Or is it just a cap hit thing? If so....man I wish someone would pay me not to work for that kind of money. I will get over this after this post but I must be really naive on the ways of NHL business matters.

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LakeLivin - So did Carolina pay Marleau $6.25M probably knowing we were just going to move him along? Or is it just a cap hit thing? If so....man I wish someone would pay me not to work for that kind of money. I will get over this after this post but I must be really naive on the ways of NHL business matters.

Canes end up paying around $3.8 million to buy out the remainder of the contract.

8 minutes ago, Alex C. said:

What does the “no cap relief” mean exactly? I heard some people on NHL Tonight talking about it. The Canes received Marleau, a 1st round pick, and a 7th round pick for a 6th round pick. Toronto knew they would’ve had to give up more for the Canes to take over his salary. I am still kind of confused on how we’re actually “buying him out” since he’s over 35

Players that sign a contract when they're 35 or older can still be bought out, you just don't get to spread out the cap hit over a longer period of time (as you can when the contract was signed before age 35). So instead of a roughly $3 million hit both this year and next year, the Canes have to assume the full amount this season (hence, "no relief" from a Canes perspective).

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What does the “no cap relief” mean exactly? I heard some people on NHL Tonight talking about it. The Canes received Marleau, a 1st round pick, and a 7th round pick for a 6th round pick. Toronto knew they would’ve had to give up more for the Canes to take over his salary. I am still kind of confused on how we’re actually “buying him out” since he’s over 35

We bought him by paying 2/3rds of his actual salary plus signing bonuses not to play for us.

his actual salary was 1.25 million. We are paying 483k this season and next for 2/3rds. We are also paying his 3 million signing bonus this year.

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I wonder if the Marleau deal wasn't about ensuring we had a 1st round pick next year incase we decided to pursue an offer sheet on someone. Given how easy TD makes writing Aho's checks sound, I doubt this one hardly registered for him.